CVE-2017-12778

** DISPUTED ** The UI Lock feature in qBittorrent version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass, which allows Attack to gain unauthorized access to qBittorrent functions by tampering the affected flag value of the config file at the C:\Users\<username>\Roaming\qBittorrent pathname. The attacker must change the value of the "locked" attribute to "false" within the "Locking" stanza. NOTE: This is an intended behavior. See https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/I-forgot-my-UI-lock-password.

CVSS v3 7.1 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 3.6 LOW

7.1^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

3.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 4.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://archive.is/eF2GR	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/I-forgot-my-UI-lock-password
https://medium.com/%40BaYinMin/cve-2017-12778-qbittorrent-ui-lock-authentication-bypass-30959ff55ada

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:qbittorrent:qbittorrent:3.3.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2019-05-09 17:29

Updated : 2024-08-05 19:15

NVD link : CVE-2017-12778

Mitre link : CVE-2017-12778

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-12778

JSON object : View

Products Affected

qbittorrent

qbittorrent

CWE

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

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